The field of urban planning is far reaching in breadth and depth. This is due to the complex nature of cities, regions, and development processes. The knowledge domain of planning includes social, economic, technological, environmental, and political systems that continue to evolve and expand rapidly. Understanding these systems requires extensive inter-disciplinary knowledge at the scale of several academic fields, not generally integrated within the literature. The debate about the wide range of topics considered by planning educators and practitioners are often based on varying...

The field of urban planning is far reaching in breadth and depth. This is due to the complex nature of cities, regions, and development processes. The knowledge domain of planning includes social, economic, technological, environmental, and political systems that continue to evolve and expand rapidly. Understanding these systems requires extensive inter-disciplinary knowledge at the scale of several academic fields, not generally integrated within the literature. The debate about the wide range of topics considered by planning educators and practitioners are often based on varying...